Only a Pawn in Their Game Morrissey (Ft. Petra Haden)

[Verse 1]
A bullet from the back of the bush
Took Medgar Evers' blood
A finger fired the trigger to his name
A handle hid out in the dark
A hand set the spark
Behind the man's brain
But he can't be blamed
He's only a pawn in their game

[Verse 2]
A south politician preaches to the poor white man
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain
You're better than them, you been born with white skin", they explain
And the negro's name
Is used, it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game

[Verse 3]
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid
And the marshals and cops get the same
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool
He's taught in his school
From the start by the rule
That the laws are with him
To protect his white skin
To keep up his hate
So he never thinks straight
About the shape that he's in
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game